Tag: Launch Vehicle Engines
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ULA Sets Path Forward for Inaugural Vulcan Flight Test
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is nearing completion of the development of the next-generation Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle and sets the path for its first launch early next year. “We could not be more excited to be this close to seeing Vulcan lift off on its inaugural flight,” said Tory Bruno, ULA’s president, and CEO.…
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Firefly Aerospace Alpha Rocket Successfully Reaches Orbit and Deploys Customer Payloads
Firefly Aerospace, a space transportation company that offers launch, spacecraft, and in-space services, announced that its Alpha FLTA002 mission has successfully reached orbit and deployed customer payloads. The rocket had lifted off on October 1 at 12:01 am PST from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. With the success of this mission, Firefly is now…
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Rocket Lab Selects NASA Stennis Space Center to Test Neutron’s Reusable Archimedes Engines
Rocket Lab, a leading launch and space systems company, revealed it has selected NASA’s historic Stennis Space Center in Mississippi as the location of its engine test facility for its reusable rocket, Neutron. The Archimedes Test Complex will be located within the larger A Test Complex at Stennis Space Center across a 1 million square…
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Dawn Aerospace Spaceplane Ready for Rocket Powered Flight Using Jet Engines
Dawn Aerospace has completed 48 flights over the last 13 months of their spaceplane technology demonstrator, the Mk-II Aurora, to complete Phase One testing of the vehicle using surrogate jet engines. Tests of the vehicle under rocket power are expected before the end of the year. Phase One demonstrated all non-rocket systems on the spaceplane,…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Test Fires Reused Rutherford Engine
Rocket Lab USA, one of the leading launch and space systems companies, has successfully test-fired a reused Rutherford first stage engine for the first time a significant technical achievement in the company’s efforts to make its Electron launch vehicle the world’s first reusable orbital small rocket. Rocket Lab conducted the full duration, full-thrust test fire…
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Ursa Major Receives Contract from US Air Force to Develop an Oxygen-Rich Staged Rocket Engine
Ursa Major, America’s privately funded company that focuses solely on rocket propulsion, has announced a contract under the U.S. Air Force Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) program. Under this agreement, Ursa Major will provide a flight-qualified 5,000-pound thrust, oxygen-rich staged combustion “Hadley” rocket engine, suited for both the booster and upper-stage phases of launch for satellites…